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UP: Dalit Youth Taken 350 km Away to Work in Brick Kiln, Beaten After Asking for Food
In Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, a Dalit youth named Mukesh Paswan faced a harrowing ordeal. Sunil Tiwari and his son Anuj lured Mukesh 350...
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Bleeding Doesn't Make Us Impure! How Dalit Safai Karamchari Women Lead the Charge for Menstrual Justice in India
The Menstrual Justice movement, led by Dalit Safaikarmachari women, addressed the stigmatization and discrimination associated with...
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ILO promotes decent work for waste pickers
Representatives from the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Türkiye have started important conversations with garbage...
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ILO and the UK work together to improve Lebanon's domestic social protection system.
In order to help the Government of Lebanon and its social partners execute the newly approved National Social Protection Strategy, the...
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Commuting accidents will be covered under the Bangladeshi garment industry injury plan
The compensation for accidents that may occur during a worker's commute to and from work has been included to the pilot employment injury...
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The ILO Director-General in Cameroon emphasizes the value of collaboration in establishing decent work and expanding social protection.
From May 12 to 15, 2024, Gilbert F. Houngbo, the Director-General of the ILO, visited Cameroon on official business. A number of...
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A regional plan for labour migration is being developed by Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Regional Strategy on Labor Migration and Human Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023–2030, by the International Labour...
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36 more nations are added to the ILO's Care Policy Investment Simulator.
To further enhance international efforts to invest in the care economy, the ILO Care Policy Investment Simulator has been enlarged to...
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ILO expects global unemployment to drop slightly in 2024, but slow progress to reduce inequalities is “worrying”
A slight drop in worldwide unemployment to 4.9% in 2024 from 5.0% in 2023 was predicted by the ILO in their World Employment and Social...
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Gurugram admin orders three-hour break for labour to alleviate heat stress
In response to a heatwave, the Gurugram government mandated a three-hour afternoon break for construction workers. All pertinent...
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Panel constituted to study contract labour in Chennai airport
A committee to investigate the elimination of contract labour for packaging, loading, and associated operations at Chennai airport was...
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Air India Express cabin crew call off strike after mediation
Following a mediation by the Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) on May 9, 2024, the Air India airline agreed to reinstate 25 terminated...
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Rieter India workers on strike for a third time
The Rieter India Employees’ Federation (RIEF) has been protesting the company’s unjust labour practices by going on strike for about...
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Latest on DA hike: 25% increase in gratuity due to dearness allowance hike kept on hold; here’s why
The circular of April 30, 2024, which increased the maximum retirement and death gratuity by 25% as a result of an increase in dearness...
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Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
The data was released for PLFS as per the results, initial data shows Positive labour market trends for individuals aged 15 and above...
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Despite Untouchability, Contractual Service, Paltry Remuneration — Why Bihar’s Mehtars Scavenge Human Excreta for a Living
Vijay Valmiki’s body was found hanging on the tree on JNU Campus. Valmiki was a Dalit resident of Kusumpur Pahari and had been employed...
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Three Miners Trapped in Assam's Illegal Rat-Hole Mine; Rescue Operations Underway Amid Claims of Administrative 'Collusion'
After a landslip in Assam's Patkai Hills, three miners—two from Meghalaya and one from Nepal—were trapped in an illicit rat-hole mine....
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Udaipur Labour Rally Pays Tribute to Chicago Movement, Unveils 21-Point Demands for Worker Rights
To commemorate the heritage of the Chicago labour movement and address current worker rights issues, labour organisations in Udaipur...
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On the first joint ILO-European Commission visit to the nation, the ILO Director-General unveils a new project to enhance labor market institutions in the Republic of Moldova with support from the EU.
At a critical juncture in the nation's pursuit of EU accession by 2030, ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo announced the launch of...
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Bulgaria affirms that it will continue to support workplace health and safety.
The documents of ratification for the Occupational Safety and Health Convention of 1981 (No. 155) and the Promotional Framework for...
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